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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beck ultimately get home from the bar?

2. What color is the cap that Joe takes?

3. Who is Nathan Herzog?

4. What is the cage in the basement made out of?

5. While the owner of the bookshop was punishing Joe, who never looked for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened while Joe was being punished by Mr. Mooney?

2. What information does Joe learn while at Beck's fiction reading?

3. What special gift does Beck give Joe? Why?

4. What is the "cage," and where is it located?

5. On what surprising topic does Joe quiz Benji? What are the results?

6. Who is Candace and what does the reader know about her?

7. How does Joe meet Beck? What does Joe think about her?

8. What enables Joe to monitor Beck's communications with others?

9. Why does Beck become angry in the subway station?

10. Who interrupts Joe and Beck as they are assembling her bed? What is the outcome of this interruption?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel. What does titling the novel “You” say about Joe? How does the title reflect the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 2

Near the end of the novel, Joe remarks, “you should own what you love, it’s that simple.” How does he live this idea? What are the positive effects of living by this idea? What are the negative effects?

Essay Topic 3

Books are very important to the story. Discuss how characters like Joe, Beck, Mr. Mooney, and Peach view books. What point do you think the author is trying to make regarding the importance of books?

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